Tattersalls Ireland May Point-to-Point and Horses-in-Training Sale

Dan De Champ (Old Persian) (lot 15) was sold for a record price of €210,000 to top Thursday's Tattersalls Ireland May Point-to-Point and Horses-in-Training Sale. Offered by Redbridge Stables, the four-year-old won on debut at Ballindenisk on May 17. He caught the eye of Tom Morgan for Damian Tiernan's CDL Racing. "I have bought a few from Redbridge before and I always tell Michael [Murphy] that if he has a nice one to let me know," said Morgan. "I respect his judgement because he always buys a nice foal and...

Jewel Hope and Bentraghhill led the way at €150,000 apiece during Thursday's Tattersalls Ireland May Point-to-Point & Horses-in-Training Sale. The former, sold as lot 35 from Monbeg Stables after winning a point-to-point at Ballindenisk, caught the eye of Hamish Macauley Bloodstock. By Masar, he is a half-brother to a pair of stakes horses, including Hope Cross (Cape Cross), who was second in the GIII My Charmer Handicap and another half-sister is the dam of G1 Gold Cup-winning stayer Subjectivist. Offered by Loughanmore Farms, Bentraghhill (Getaway) was snapped up by Harold...

Four-year-old gelding Arslan (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (lot 10), who filled the runner-up spot on his point-to-point debut at Tralee last weekend, topped Wednesday's Tattersalls Ireland May Point-to-Point and Horses-in-Training Sale when selling to Harold Kirk and trainer Willie Mullins for €180,000. Bred by Al Shaqab Racing, Arslan is out of the dual Grade I-winning mare Harmonious (Dynaformer) and was consigned by Richard Black of Ballinapark Stables, who had purchased him in France last July for €28,000. "This is a beautiful horse, by a fantastic sire and with a pedigree,"...